- Joined
- Jan 8, 2014
I find my personal interest in a field can ebb and flow and it depends on who I like in the field too. When I first became an uber in the early 2000s, ladies and men were about equal for me with ladies maybe being slightly above because I was a total Sasha Cohen die hard and I liked Plushy a lot but he never made me nervous like her so I was slightly less invested in him. And while I really liked Shen and Zhao, I wasn't a die hard until they made me cry at 2003 Worlds in DC and then pairs really came up for me. They'll forever be my sentimental favorites because of that (I can't tell you how giddy I was watching at them coaching by the boards at the GPF this weekend).
In 2010 the men was a bigger deal for me due to Daisuke (but probably second to pair because I was rooting or Shen and Zhao in Vancouver), but I wasn't following much for a couple years after that. Then I discovered Yuzu in 2013 and since then it's been far and away the men's field for me. With Sui/Han and only a handful of ladies I like, pairs and ladies were kind of equal through the PC Olys. Aljona and Bruno blew me away in PC so I was really interested in them going into Milan worlds. Now with them out I really like Vanessa and Morgan but not really anybody else in the field until Sui/Han returns. Ladies has been a pleasant surprise as I have been paying attention to the juniors which I used to never do. Kostornaia is weaving a spell and I'm trying hard not to uber her but I can't make any promises. And then Rika has been exciting, so ladies is really moving up for m again. Ice dance has never had me this interested and never will. Ice Dance was the only senior discipline I skipped at the GPF while I made sure to catch the junior ladies instead.
In terms of ticket luck and popularity, I spent almost an entire year trying to get good men's free skate seats for PC, whereas on the first day ladies tickets were readily available and often when they'd replenish so I always had a shot.
In 2010 the men was a bigger deal for me due to Daisuke (but probably second to pair because I was rooting or Shen and Zhao in Vancouver), but I wasn't following much for a couple years after that. Then I discovered Yuzu in 2013 and since then it's been far and away the men's field for me. With Sui/Han and only a handful of ladies I like, pairs and ladies were kind of equal through the PC Olys. Aljona and Bruno blew me away in PC so I was really interested in them going into Milan worlds. Now with them out I really like Vanessa and Morgan but not really anybody else in the field until Sui/Han returns. Ladies has been a pleasant surprise as I have been paying attention to the juniors which I used to never do. Kostornaia is weaving a spell and I'm trying hard not to uber her but I can't make any promises. And then Rika has been exciting, so ladies is really moving up for m again. Ice dance has never had me this interested and never will. Ice Dance was the only senior discipline I skipped at the GPF while I made sure to catch the junior ladies instead.
In terms of ticket luck and popularity, I spent almost an entire year trying to get good men's free skate seats for PC, whereas on the first day ladies tickets were readily available and often when they'd replenish so I always had a shot.